The effects of graph layout

@inproceedings{citeulike:236442, abstract = {Information visualisation systems which generate diagrams representing discrete relational information must consider potential users if they are to be effective. Many algorithms which render an abstract graph structure as a diagram are valued for their conformance to aesthetic criteria, or for computational efficiency. They are not usually judged on their ability to produce diagrams that maximise human performance. The paper presents the results of experiments investigating the relative worth (from an HCI point of view) of graph drawing aesthetics and algorithms using a single graph. The results indicate that while some individual aesthetics affect human performance, it is difficult to say that one algorithm is `better' than another from a relational understanding point of view}, author = {Purchase, H. C. }, citeulike-article-id = {236442}, journal = {Computer Human Interaction Conference, 1998. Proceedings. 1998 Australasian}, pages = {80--86}, posted-at = {2005-06-24 22:16:47}, priority = {2}, title = {The effects of graph layout}, url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs\_all.jsp?arnumber=732199}, year = {1998} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:236442 L3 - citeulike-article-id:236442 TI - The effects of graph layout JF - Computer Human Interaction Conference, 1998. Proceedings. 1998 Australasian SP - 80 EP - 86 N2 - Information visualisation systems which generate diagrams representing discrete relational information must consider potential users if they are to be effective. Many algorithms which render an abstract graph structure as a diagram are valued for their conformance to aesthetic criteria, or for computational efficiency. They are not usually judged on their ability to produce diagrams that maximise human performance. The paper presents the results of experiments investigating the relative worth (from an HCI point of view) of graph drawing aesthetics and algorithms using a single graph. The results indicate that while some individual aesthetics affect human performance, it is difficult to say that one algorithm is `better' than another from a relational understanding point of view AU - Purchase, HC PY - 1998/// UR - http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=732199 ER -